Inconsistencies," answered Imlac, "cannot both be right, but, imputed to man, they may both be true. Yet diversity is not inconsistency. My father might expect a time of greater security. However, some desire is necessary to keep life in motion; and he... Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia: A Tale - Seite 33von Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 205 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Samuel Johnson - 1887 - 216 Seiten
...doubt thy veracity, yet inconsistencies cannot both be true.' MO ' Inconsistencies ' answered Imlac, ' cannot both be right, but, imputed to man, they may...inconsistency. My father might expect a time of greater security^fHowever, some desire is necessary to keep in motion ; and he whose real wants are supplied,... | |
| Mrs. Theodora (Havers) [Boulger, Theo Gift - 1887 - 440 Seiten
...observed where observation is not sympathy, is just being tortured." — EB Browning. " Inconsistencies cannot both be right ; but imputed to man they may both be true." — ' Rasselas.' IT must be evident, by this time, that the " clipping and pruning " process was not... | |
| Samuel Johnson, George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1888 - 356 Seiten
...know, and therefore what repetition cannot make us know with greater certainty. Pioszi Letters, \. 298. SOME desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and...real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy. Rassclas, ch. 8. HUMAN life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured and little to be enjoyed.... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1888 - 502 Seiten
...Wit and Wisdom of Samuel Johnson. Wit and Wisdom of Samuel Johnson. Inconsistencies : INCONSISTENCIES cannot both be right, but imputed to man they may both be true. Rasuias, ch. a. Indolence : INDOLENCE is one of the vices from which those whom it once infects are... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1889 - 220 Seiten
...doubt thy veracity, yet inconsistencies cannot both be true." " Inconsistencies," answered Imlac, " cannot both be right, but, imputed to man, they may...not inconsistency. My father might expect a time of great security. However, some desire is necessary to keep life in motion. and he whose real wants are... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1891 - 286 Seiten
...doubt thy veracity, yet inconsistencies cannot both be true." 5 "Inconsistencies," answered Imlac, "cannot both be right ; but, imputed to man, they...necessary to keep life in motion ; and he whose real 10 wants are supplied must admit those of fancy." ''' This," said the prince " I can in some measure... | |
| Maturin Murray Ballou - 1894 - 604 Seiten
...honor and dignity ; the less they deserve, the more merit is in your bounty. — Shakespeare. DESIRE. Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and...real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy. — Jolinson. All impediments in fancy's course are motives of more fancy. — Shakespeare. We never... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1895 - 256 Seiten
...doubt thy veracity, yet inconsistencies cannot both be true." 5 "Inconsistencies," answered Imlac, "cannot both be right; but, imputed to man, they may...might expect a time of greater security. However, some _desirejs necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose 10 real wants are supplied must admit those... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1895 - 252 Seiten
...douot thy veracity, yet inconsistencies cannot both be true."- ? 5 "Inconsistencies," answered Imlac, "cannot both be right; but, imputed to man, they may both be tnre. Yet. diversityis not inconsistency^ My father might expect a timeoT greater security. However,... | |
| Constance E. Plumptre, Charles Edward Plumptre - 1898 - 418 Seiten
...famous romance of " Easselas," makes Imlac, ' the guide, philosopher and friend ' in the story, say, " cannot both be right, but imputed to man they may both be true." Say, for instance, that one critic describes a man as cautious and reserved, and he is described by... | |
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